Bed-lock.



PATENTED NOV. 2Q, 1906.

J. E. COLEMAN.

BBD LOCK.

APPLIOATION rum 23.12.1906.

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UNITED STATES FATFNT OFFICE.

BED-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application l2, Serial N0.

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.as will enable others skilled in'the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to beds, and more particularly tO means for locking the rails thereof to the head and foot boards, and has for its object to provide a plate for attachment to a bed-rail which may be stamped from sheet metal and which will be extremely simple and cheap,

Another Object is to provide a rail member for bed-locks which may be easily attached to any rail of a given size and which will include means for preventing movement of the member upon the rail, said means being independent of the attaching-screws. A

Other objects and advantages will be aparent from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a view, partly in section, showing a bed-rail with the present invention attached thereto and in operative position with respect to the headboard of the rail. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rail member removed from the rail. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the rail member is formed.

Referring now to the drawings, the present rail member is formed from a metallic blank including a rectangular body portion 5, having at one end and adjacent at one side a finger 6, which extends diagonally from the blank away from that edge of the latter adjacent tO which it lies.

Laterally-extending tabs 7 project oppositely from the blank at its opposite end from the finger 6, and tabs 8 and 9 extend Oppositely from the sides of the blank between its ends, the tab 9 being located slightly nearer residing at l the blank is that from the forward it being understood that the forward end of which the finger 6 projects.

In forming the present rail member of a bed-lock the forward end portion of the blank 5 is bent laterally upon a transverse line to form an end wing 10 and the finger 6 is bent at right angles to the wing to extend forwardly and in a plane parallel with the major portion of the blank which forms an attaching-plate 11, it being understood that the wing 10 extends at right angles to the attaching-plate and that the finger 6 is thus offset laterally therefrom. rThe rail member is disposed with its plate 11 against the inner face of a bed-rail and with its wing 10 extending across the position the finger 6 projects beyond the end of the rail. The attaching-plate is secured to the rail by means of screws 12, passed therethrough, and the tabs are then bent to extend over the upper and lower edges of the rail, thus holding the member against movement and relieving the screws 12 of direct strain. The 'wing' 10 is provided with screwopenings 13, as shown, and it will be understood that the member is disposed upon the rail with the side adjacent to which the finger 6 lies uppermost. In the drawings a headboard 14, provided with the usual socket 15, and a rail 16 are illustrated.

lVhat is claimed is- A rail member for bed-locks, comprising an attaching-plate having a laterally-extending wing at one end, said wing having a finger at its edge opposite to the plate and adjacent to one en of the wing, said finger extending at an angle to the wing toward the opposite end thereof, and laterally-extending tabs carried by the plate at its opposite sides.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. COLEMAN.

Witnesses:

ALEx HOLMES, MYLEs HOLMES.

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